Chapter 158

Under the desolate starry sky, killing intent suddenly arose.

Ice-cold and piercing, as if even the flow of distant nebulae were congealed.

In the undulating ripples of the void, a mighty, towering figure stepped forth completely, revealing its true appearance.

Its height reached nine feet, towering like a mountain, its whole body covered in a set of blood‑red ferocious battle armor, the armor studded with spikes and ancient battle scars, as if it had drunk the blood of countless strong warriors.

His visage was rugged, his eyes indifferent, like ten‑thousand‑year‑old cold ice, with no emotional fluctuation, only a pure to the extreme iron‑blood and slaughter aura shooting up to the heavens, shaking the ten directions of starry sky, not hiding its intent at all!

"I don't even know which faction's people have come? Ye Clan? Fate Divine Sect? Or the Jun imperial clan? Or perhaps some assassin organization?"

Ye Wuque calmly swept his gaze over the blood‑armored man, his tone indifferent, as if stating something unrelated to him; only the faint, almost imperceptible cold smile and killing intent curling at the corner of his mouth revealed his true inner feelings.

And in the surrounding starry sky, those heavenly pride and strong cultivators drawn by the earlier battle fluctuations and the visions of the Wasteland Immortal Era diagram, who had not yet fully dispersed, also noticed this sudden confrontation.

When their eyes fell upon the blood‑armored man, those well‑informed and knowledgeable individuals instantly changed complexion, sucked in a cold breath, and exclaimed in shock:

"That… that seems to be… the Ye Clan's… South Emperor… Ye Xuanji… Young Master Xuanji's… one of the Four Great War Generals… Slaughter Heaven!"

"What? Slaughter Heaven?!"

"Among Young Master Xuanji's four great war generals of Heaven, Earth, Mystic, and Yellow, the renowned 'Heaven General' who has caused endless terrifying slaughter… Slaughter Heaven?!"

"Correct! It's him! A wandering heavenly pride famed throughout Boundless Heaven! It is said he came from humble origins, yet relying on a terrifyingly supreme body‑refining divine ability, the 'Nine Heavens Overlord Body Technique', and a death‑defying fighting style, he carved out a fearsome reputation, eventually catching the eye of South Emperor Ye Xuanji, who took him as a war general! Following the South Emperor for many years, campaigning across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, he earned great merit, his vicious reputation widespread!"

"My heavens! It's actually that killing god! South Emperor actually sent him out? This is meant to deal Ye Wuque a death blow!"

"What earth‑shattering deed has Ye Wuque done? To provoke Young Master Xuanji into personally dispatching a war general to hunt him down!"

"South Emperor Ye Xuanji! He is one of the supreme taboos acknowledged by the younger generation of Boundless Heaven, a terrifying existence not to be provoked! His background, strength, methods, talent, scheming, and fortune are all unfathomable!"

"It's over! Ye Wuque is truly done this time! Since Young Master Xuanji has sent Slaughter Heaven, it means a fight to the death! No room for retreat!"

Countless gazes of shock, horror, pity, and schadenfreude focused on Ye Wuque, the discussion rising like a tide; many believed that facing South Emperor Ye Xuanji's war general, Ye Wuque was already doomed.

Ye Wuque turned a deaf ear to the surrounding chatter; his gaze remained calmly fixed on Slaughter Heaven, while his thoughts flowed.

"Ye Xuanji… you finally can't hold back, are you striking at me again…"

In the depths of his eyes, a flash of bone‑chilling cold light flickered, but more so was a sense of calm and indifference.

"Very well, the cause and effect between us will eventually be settled."

"This day… I have long awaited it…"

He muttered softly, his voice barely audible, yet carrying a battle intent and killing intent that had long been precipitated.

Immediately, he raised his eyes, looking at the demon‑god‑like towering Slaughter Heaven, the cold smile at the corner of his mouth widening, and spoke loudly:

"I don't know… whether you, the so‑called war general under South Emperor, can today… please me!"

"Boom!!"

At the instant his words had not yet faded, Ye Wuque moved!

He did not choose defense, nor evasion, but… took the initiative to attack!

His black robe instantly blurred, leaving only a afterimage that tore the void where he stood; a mighty, vast, terrifying qi‑blood force, as if able to overturn the cosmos, surged forth like a primordial beast of the desolate ages that had slept for myriad ages and suddenly awakened!

His whole person turned into a human‑shaped lightning bolt, wrapped in an overbearing, peerless aura, charging straight at Slaughter Heaven!

"What?! Ye Wuque didn't flee at all! Instead… he actively attacked Slaughter Heaven?!"

"Is he crazy?! That's Slaughter Heaven! The invincible war general under South Emperor!"

"Seeking death! This is pure suicide!"

"Do you think defeating a few heavenly prides lets you provoke South Emperor's dignity? Naive!"

Ye Wuque's action, unexpected by all, instantly ignited the whole scene!

Countless beings widened their eyes, hardly daring to believe what they saw!

Facing Ye Wuque's proactive assault, Slaughter Heaven's indifferent eyes, like a frozen lake, finally rippled with an extremely faint tremor— a cold fury provoked by an ant's provocation!

"How dare you take the initiative to strike at me?"

Slaughter Heaven spoke, his voice like two divine metals grinding together, carrying an aloof, looking‑down‑on‑all‑beings indifference and cruelty.

"An ignorant madman who doesn't know life or death!"

"Boom——!!"

As his last word fell, a momentum even more terrifying and vast than before erupted from within him like a volcano that had accumulated for myriad years, bursting forth completely!

The blood‑red armor clanged; dark‑red killing intent turned into substantive war smoke, shooting up to the heavens, stirring the eight‑direction nebulae!

The void around him collapsed inch by inch, forming a terrifying force field!

That pressure, heavy as a mountain, sharp as a blade, swept across the ten directions of the universe, causing many distant heavenly prides watching to feel breathless, their souls on the verge of splitting!

In the next instant, the two figures, like two exploding primordial great stars, collided wildly and directly!

"Dong——!!!!!!"

An inexpressibly terrifying roar exploded!

A ring mixing pure power ripples with destructive energy, centered at the impact point, expanded spherically in a frenzy!

Within a radius of millions of li, all remaining meteors, star fragments, and even some minor dead‑silent stars, at this moment all turned silently into the universe's most basic particles!

The light of distant stars trembled violently, as if about to extinguish at any moment!

The pure collision of flesh and power was savage, direct, yet filled with the ultimate violence aesthetics!

As the light scattered a bit, one could see in the starry sky that Ye Wuque's and Slaughter Heaven's fists met, actually falling into a brief stalemate!

However, this stalemate lasted only an instant!

Ye Wuque's eyes flashed sharply; upon his right fist surged a vast, ancient, overbearing fist intent, seemingly originating from the Dragon Clan's primordial ancestor, erupting suddenly!

At the fist's tip, a faint true dragon phantom coiled and roared!

True Dragon Fist!

Although this was merely Ye Wuque's initial probing, not yet employing his full power, the True Dragon Fist being one of the Dragon Clan's supreme killing arts, its might cannot be lightly spoken of!

"Roar——!"

Dragon Chant shakes the starry sky, fist force splits eternity!

A mighty, unstoppable force, as if capable of piercing the Star River, surges violently along the fist's edge toward Slay Heaven!

"Is... Dragon Clan divine ability!!"

"Ye Wuque actually masters such pure and terrifying Dragon Clan divine ability!"

"No wonder he dares to be so arrogant; he really has some skill!"

Among the onlooking beings, exclamations erupted again as they recognized this famed Dragon Clan battle technique.

However, facing this overbearing, peerless true dragon punch, Slay Heaven's icy face showed no ripple; only his Dark Eye became more captivating, like two bottomless cold pools.

"Hmph! Mere insect-carving trick!"

He let out a cold snort, without employing any flashy divine ability; merely, on his right arm covered in bloody arm armor, his muscles bulged violently, a domineering, overbearing fleshly force, as if capable of tearing the heavens barehanded, surged forth like a slumbering dragon suddenly awakening!

"Nine Heavens Overwhelming Body Technique... Shake the Heavens!"

Boom—!!